Community Resources
One of the primary goals of the Arizona Reintegration Coalition is to link ex-offenders with services that will meet their needs. On this page you will find resources for employment, housing, education, and treatment centers.
Available Community Resources
TEaMS
www.teamsaz.org
TEaMS is dedicated to helping ex-offenders reach their goals. Through training, employment, and mentoring services, TEaMS assists ex-offenders reintegrate into society by offering solutions to the most difficult barriers including employment and housing
Goodwill
www.goodwillaz.org/findJob/careerCenters.shtml
The Goodwill Career Centers offer job seekers resources for the employment process. There are tools to explore careers, search and apply for jobs, create resumes, and contact employers. Employers recruiting onsite throughout the week, visit website for contact information and more details. Locations valleywide.
Maximus
www.maximus.com
For more than 30 years, MAXIMUS has been committed to the mission of Helping Government Serve the People. Located throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia, the Companys more than 5,200 employees have dedicated their careers to public service.
U.S.Vets
www.usvetsinc.org
U.S. VETS provides housing, counseling, job assistance, and HOPE to thousands of homeless veterans each year. Our programs foster the skills necessary for every veteran to return to the community and remain self-sufficient.
Arizona Womens Education and Employment
www.awee.org
AWEE serves anyone seeking a way to support their families and themselves through work. Our participants include women and men ages 14 to 70+, who are ready for a guiding hand, new skills and new options to consider. Our participants may be currently employed or re-entering the workforce.
St. Joseph the Worker
www.sjwjobs.org
Our mission is to assist homeless, low-income and other disadvantaged individuals in their efforts to become self-sufficient through permanent, full-time employment.
Mesa Community Action Network
www.mesacan.org
services for, economically disadvantaged individuals and families and helps clients devise strategies for increased self sufficiency and reduced on government services.
Arizona OIC
www.azoic.org
Our clients are economically disadvantaged and face significant barriers to employment. Within this population, we have been servicing all segments: those with limited English proficiency school dropouts, teenage parents, ex-offenders, handicapped, dislocated workers, homeless, and displaced homemakers.
Triple R Behavioral Health
/www.trbh.org
Fresh Start Womens Foundation
www.fswf.org
Fresh Start is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women help themselves. We do that through the work of the Jewell McFarland Lewis-Fresh Start Women’s Resource Center.
Prison Fellowship Ministries
www.prisonfellowship.org/locationarticle.asp?Id=316
Women in New Recovery
www.winr.org
WINR’s facilities in Mesa and Prescott, Arizona provide beautiful, safe, residential environments where women recovering from alcohol and drug dependency are supported by professional staff and other women who have been successful in recovery.
Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center
www.southwest.va.gov/phoenix/
Phoenix Rescue Mission
www.phoenixrescuemission.org
We support and help homeless and needy people to build new, productive lives. From veterans to the working poor and from addicted men and women to struggling families, Phoenix Rescue Mission is there with a hot meal, shelter, or clothing, for anyone in need.
The Salvation Army
www.salvationarmycares.org
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination
Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness
www.azceh.org
St Marys Food Bank
www.firstfoodbank.org
Phoenix Indian Center
www.phxindcenter.org
The Phoenix Indian Center, Inc., was established in 1947 to serve the needs of the American Indians who came to downtown Phoenix to sell their arts and crafts or shop for their families. They needed a place to receive messages, freshen up, help find a job or socialize with other Indians.
Prison Living Magazine
www.prisonlivingmagazine.org
Help the general public see that prisoners are people also; some educated, artistic, skilled and eager to make positive contributions to society.
My Brothers Keeper
www.mbklifeline.com
My Brothers Keeper Training and Development Center is for individuals reentering the workforce, who require skill development training and employment.
Old Pueblo Foundation
www.oldpueblofoundation.org
Prisoner Re-Entry Partnership (Project PREP) is a Department of Labor funded initiative to strengthen and support communities with returning large numbers of previously incarcerated individuals. Pima County has been selected as a project site, and through a collaborative effort of existing community-based agencies developed the PREP Project. Project PREP blends the expertise and resources of The Primavera Foundation, Old Pueblo Community Services, PHASE, Dorothy Kret & Associates and the YWCA. For more information click here “Project PREP”.
HIRE
www.hirenetwork.org/index.html
In every state in the country, community groups and state and local government agencies are actively working to improve the labor market opportunities available to people with criminal records. To learn more about resources available in your state or other states in which you are interested
Arizona Department of Corrections
www.azcorrections.gov
The Department is dedicated to improving your safety right now throughout the time that inmates serve their sentences in prison and parolees complete their terms in the community and later, when the vast majority of the felon population returns home. It is our pledge to you that all of our resources are always marshaled and our efforts focused on the population, pressing offenders to prepare for their release, ready to rejoin society as civil and productive individuals. We all succeed when offenders are accountable to their communities and equipped to take care of themselves and their families.
Central Arizona Shelter Services CASS
www.cass-az.org
CASS has two facilities. The main facility in downtown Phoenix serves 400 homeless men and women. Vista Colina Emergency Family Shelter, is a 30 unit apartment complex in Sunnyslope that houses homeless families with children. Both operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
JOBING.COM
http://phoenix.jobing.com/
Jobing.com is a member of the CRC and promotes CRC job fairs. Please go to Jobing.com for employment opportunities. Jobing.com does not guarantee that any of its employers hire ex-offenders. This is an individual decision of each employer.
United Food Bank
www.unitedfoodbank.org/
Established in 1983, United Food Bank began operation in Mesa, Arizona. Our mission is to provide access to nutritious food for those who are without, serving as a community bridge between those who want to help and those who are in need. United Food Bank defines its work as "Neighbors Helping Neighbors." Our decision making is always measured by our values which promote the alleviation of hunger, the importance of nutrition, outcomes of self-sufficiency and independence, while preserving at all times the self-esteem and dignity of the individual.
John C. Lincoln Food Bank
www.jcl.com/content/foodbank/default.htm
Desert Mission Food Bank offers help to the hungry and those in need of nutritional support
Career Builders.com
www.jobs.careerbuilder.com
ACLU
www.acluaz.org/
The ACLU of Arizona works to protect civil liberties in this state
Arizona Workforce Connections
www.arizonaworkforceconnection.com
Arizona Workforce Connection will provide access to information for individuals looking for jobs or seeking training.
Magellan Health Services
www.magellanhealth.com
The nation’s leader in behavioral health disease management and EAPs, Magellan delivers results by providing innovative solutions
Chicanos Por La Causa
www.cplc.org
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) is a statewide community development corporation (CDC), committed to building stronger, healthier communities as a lead advocate, coalition builder and direct service provider. CPLC promotes positive change and self-sufficiency to enhance the quality of life for the benefit of those we serve.
Middle Ground Prison Reform
www.middlegroundprisonreform.org
To protect and define the rights, responsibilities, and privileges of the incarcerated
Association of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs of North America, Inc
www.ahhap.org/pages/directories/agency/usa/AZ.htm
of the grassroots movement that began with the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, the Association of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs of North America, Inc. (AHHAP) was formally organized in 1966. Today, AHHAP represents over 1500 residential facilities providing long-term, cost effective recovery services to over 120,000 individuals per year. AHHAP members have successfully affected millions of lives for over 40 years, returning individuals to sober productive living within their families and communities.
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.aaphoenix.org
Maricopa County, Arizona is host to more than 500 Alcoholics Anonymous groups that hold more than 1500 meetings each week
Narcotics Anonymous
www.arizona-na.org
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
www.ahcccs.state.az.us
Welcome to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. Our mission is to provide comprehensive, quality health care to those in need. I hope you find this Web site provides you with easy access to information about the agency, its programs and services
Maricopa Medical Center
www.mihs.org
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
www.stvincentdepaul.net/
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Phoenix has been serving homeless and economically disadvantaged populations since 1946. Through home visits, shelter, food assistance, employment services, thrift stores and outreach programs, St. Vincent de Paul provides compassion and support to individuals in need, regardless of race, origin, religion or gender.
WEDCO Employment and Training Center
www.wedco.net
WEDCO represents various employment and training programs and has since 1981. We assist private individuals and clients from various state and private agencies to training for, locate, secure and maintain meaningful and gainful employment. We train individuals and groups to achieve skills necessary for the modern workplace. And we help employers at no charge by providing them with trained and capable employees.
Self-Employment Loan Fund, Inc
www.selfloanfund.org
Self-Employment Loan Fund, Inc (SELF) serves as an intermediary and bridge for those starting or operating a business who are not quite ready for traditional business and lending opportunities. SELF provides a unique three-tiered program that covers areas critical to business success.
U.S. Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
Phoenix Workforce Conections
www.phoenix.gov/PHXWC
Primavera Foundation
www.primavera.org
The Prisoner Re-Entry Partnership (PREP) is designed to assist newly ex-prisoners in the community through an employment-based program that incorporates housing, mentoring, job training, and other services. As the lead agency, Primavera works with DK Advocates, Old Pueblo Community Foundation, YWCA, House of Neighborly Services, The Pima County One Stop and The Arizona Department of Corrections to assist 200 previously incarcerated persons each year
Community Bridges
www.communitybridgesaz.org
Community Bridges is a nonprofit organization serving all of Maricopa County by providing a continuum of care that begins with prevention and continues for individuals and families through treatment and recovery. Our mission is to provide the highest quality clinical treatment with a focus on family preservation, community development, and prevention and education services which will assist communities in reducing crime, lowering health care costs, decreasing dependence on welfare and minimizing the "revolving door" use of scarce public resources.
Interfaith Cooperative Ministries
www.icmaz.org
provides “an immediate response to basic human needs”
For our 60,000 total clients each year, this means
A food box
A change of clothes
Shampoo, soap and other toiletries
Utilities and prescription assistance when funds are available.
A sturdy pair of work boots or a uniform
Words of encouragemet
Valley Christian Centers, Inc
www.vccenters.org
Valley Christian Centers, Inc. (VCC), is a private, non-profit, Christian Faith Based, Family Life Center, whose purpose is "Fulfilling the Needs of Our Community" through economic, educational, physical and spiritual programming and assistance.
Arizona Pathways
www.arizonapathways.com
We believe that every person can conquer his or her destructive addictions through a holistic program addressing spirit, body, mind and emotion.
Education, natural medicine, nutrition, exercise and the spiritual practices of prayer and meditation are the areas of focus.
We believe that Spirit is the life force that flows through everyone like a mighty river and empowers those who choose to over come any addictive destructive lifestyle.
This recognition that we are spiritual beings having a human experience expresses as unconditional love of self, others, and our environment.
Calvary Center
www.psysolutions.com
Community Information & Referral
www.cir.org
Community Information & Referral is the key source of integrated information that brings people and services together to meet vital needs in central and northern Arizona. We do this with accessibility, compassion and quality
Vally of the Sun YMCA
www.valleyymca.org
The Valley of the Sun YMCA Mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
UMOM
www.umom.org
To provide homeless and low-income families with food, shelter
and tools to build a bridge to self-sufficiency.
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
American Red Cross
The Grand Canyon Chapter
6135 N Black Canyon Hwy
Phoenix, AZ 85015-1892
Save The Family Foundation
www.savethefamily.org
Housing our Communities
www.housingourcommunities.org
Housing Our Communities is a state-wide Community Housing Development Organization that increases awareness of affordable housing options; creates better informed consumers through homebuyer education classes; provides one-on-one housing counseling to help clients identify and address personal barriers to homeownership; and multiplies the number of affordable homes by acquiring and repairing existing properties for resale to low and moderate income first time homebuyer families. Housing Our Communities ensures affordability by providing up to $35,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance depending on service area
Federal Bureau of Prisons
www.bop.gov
Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
Arizona Revised Statutes
www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp
META Services
www.metaservices.com
to create opportunities and environments that empower people to recover, to succeed in accomplishing their goals, and to reconnect to themselves, others, and to meaning and purpose in life.
City of Phoenix.gov
www.phoenix.gov
Welcome to the city of Phoenix Web site, named one of the Center for Digital Government’s best governmental sites in America
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
www.ncadd.org
(NCADD) provides education, information, help, and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention, and treatment through a nationwide network of Affiliates. In addition, NCADD operates a toll-free Hope Line (800-NCA-CALL) for information and referral and a National Intervention Network (800-654-HOPE) to educate and assist the families and friends of addicted persons.
MyAZBar
www.myazbar.org
Az Bar Member Finder Legal News Legislative Updates Recent Opinions
Forms
The National Archives
www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/dd-214.html
DD Form 214, Discharge Papers and Separation Documents
Prison To Paycheck
www.prisontopaycheck.com/
Find Out For Yourself What No One Has Ever Told You About Getting a Job
Career Onestop
www.acinet.org/acinet/crl/library.aspx?PostVal=10&CATID=474
Information on all states resources for ex-offenders.
André House
www.andrehouseaz.org
André House is a ministry to the homeless and poor populations of the Phoenix area. Located in the heart of the Capital Mall District
NAACP
www.maricopanaacp.com
The Maricopa County Branch NAACP is working hard to protect the political, social and economic rights of minority groups throughout the region. But now we need your support.
TeLeverde
www.televerde.com
Televerde is the premier provider of actionable market intelligence, qualified sales leads, and lead management solutions that accelerate sales revenue and generate new customers for our clients in the B2B arena.
